The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-01-03

the number of children. Taxation in
the city of Charleston IN 1889 was 80
mills. State, county and cily, III all
TO SOL 900 only for school
purposes. Boston gives total of p
mills for all her school enterprises;
Charleston solely for primary instruc-
ton. That is, Charleston gives for
her schools of lowest grades nearly
half as much again rs Boston. Add
to this burden the still greater, viz
Charleston pays n total tax of 3, cents,
while that of Boston is only H.
EDUCATION NOT A MATTER OF sENTI-
MENT.
The State of New York is worth in
taxable property as much ms all The
Southern States. These expended on
their schools in 1881, Sl3,359,7S4; in
1881 New York expended $9,936,662.
The total taxable property in New
York in 1880, 81, 1851, 100000. The
Southern States, emitting Missouri,
$3.50, 923,2 69. or New York is richer
than the whole thirteen Southern
states grouped in the census tables Of
1870.
Now to the practical question. Gun
the Southern States, with less than
half the resources of 1860, educate
double the number of children then
knocking at the door.
DUTY OF THE GENERAL GOVERNMENT.
Thirdly - If they cannot, who
should? answer unhesitatingly:
The general government. And for
this position | appeal to the highest
ethical authority, the duty to do il. 1t
is well established principle in ethics
that all rights are receivable into
duties The right Of citizenship car
ries with ii the duty of citizenship. If
the State exercises a right she as
sumes a reciprocal duty. The right,
therefore, conferred by the four
teenth and fifteenth amendments to
the constitution in entranchi ing over
6,O00,OO0 of negroes, the highes
and most responsible political priyi-
lege, demands of the United States
the power comforting this right-'the
preparation Of these people to eXer-
else this franchise. 1t is now con-
coded by all thoughtful men that the
first condition in This preparation for
citizenship is intelligent education.
Upon this law of ethical philosophy,
and the fact of the franchise already
conferred, is based the duty of the
government to make, and at once, full
and ample preparation for the educa-
ton not only of the voter--the col
ored-but for all the enfranchised citi-
zens of this free Republic, regardless
of color or previous condition.
Yes. the results of the war enfran-
chising the colored man destroyed 81
the same time the means of educating
the now illitcrate white voter.
SIMPLE JUTrICE DEMANDS Ip.
Fourthly- | argue that simple JUS
tice demands this aid, and that the
South should mission it as a matter o |
right.
After the terrible revolution
of 1871 the country, the whole
country was without money, and Vir-
ginia ceded. "The great Northwest
to the general government to raise
revenues to relieve the country OF the
disasters of even successful war.
This terrii DRY, as then divided up, en-
braces the great states OF ONO, ILL
nois, and others rich in taxable values,
and Boosting of the finest school
systems in our country, the direct re-
suits of which have been known as
"the sixteen section fund. That is
for the common schools of these rich
and powerful states, one thirly-siXth
part of the domain was set apart for
The education OF all the children OF
these states. Should not Virginia,
"the mother of states" demand from
these daughters something in her old
ace to free l.er and hers from the dire
scourge of illiteracy! -.
Aga II OF the proceeds Oh the pubic
lands lin round numbers) of the $Se,
CO0OO0 the Northern and Western
states have received $S0000,OO0 or ten
times as much as the Sou h. In the
distribution OF land for the agricultu-
raj colleges, the state OF New York
York received over five times as much
as Texas did, and real zed twice as
much per acre. Texas received 8.
cents only per acre, California So and
MINES ota 1852 per acIe. The same
is true in this division in regard to all
Southern states as compared with the
Northern and Western states.
The distribution of these lands to
the several states and territories was
upon a basis of approximation in con
grcss, really upon population. The
North and West. therefore receiving
the largest part.
THE CONSTITUTION ANTICIPATES IT.
Finhly-It is constitutional The
premable, the proposition, runs thus;
10 provide not only for the general